Emma Thompson Quotes

It is so much fun to make content for kids and people of all ages. Families can sit down and watch my stuff.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

The best compliment we ever got on 'Clone Wars' was a parent coming up and telling me that it was something they could watch with their kids. I really love that.

Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play, too.

I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It's been the way we always lived, and my wife's the same way - enjoy every day and have fun.

I like doing family films.

One of the things I like about when I tour sometimes is that occasionally you'll see a dad there with his 12-year-old son and they're both enjoying it.

We would finish dinner, and then we'd all sit around as a family and watch 'Roseanne.' That was a big one.

When you go to the movies with your whole family, it's a different experience. For some reason, it's something that you're all doing together and you take away something special in that.

It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life. No matter where you are, it gives the semblance of normalcy to my crazy world.

I always appreciated my dad coming outside and playing with us - or my mom - and being a part of the game we were playing or refereeing it or just being outside. That was fun for us, and it was very encouraging.

Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.

My family and I are so close, it's important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the holidays.

There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.

Families need to have a time when they can cook together. They can eat at the table and you can look eye-to-eye. Phones are put away and there are no interruptions. And what you do is concentrate on each other. Listen to what they have to say, and let them listen to you.

I love the idea of making movies that kids and adults can go to together and both get something out of it, and not just, 'Oh, I've got to take my kid to the movie because they want to see the next, you know, 'Hannah Montana' movie or whatever.'

When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.

But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.